Lalu backs Muslim quota, walks back after Modi’s fire
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Lalu backs Muslim quota, walks back after Modi’s fire

Hindustan Times  

Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad on Tuesday advocated reservations for Muslims “in full” but beat a hasty retreat after Prime Minister Narendra Modi seized on his remarks and said the Opposition bloc INDIA wanted to “snatch away” the quota meant for scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and other backward classes and give it to Muslims. The former Bihar chief minister was attending the swearing-in ceremony in Patna for 11 newly elected MLCs, including chief minister Nitish Kumar and former CM Rabri Devi, on Tuesday when reporters sought his response on Modi’s allegations that INDIA bloc wants to give reservations to Muslims in violation of the Constitution, which prohibits religion-based quota. For the past few days, top BJP leaders, especially PM Modi and union home minister Amit Shah, have intensified their attacks on the opposition alliance, accusing it of harbouring intentions to “snatch away” quota for backward classes in favour of Muslims. Earlier, Modi had accused the RJD chief of advocating for a separate quota for Muslims in the railways in 2007 when the latter was the railway minister in the first United Progressive Alliance government.

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Muslims don’t vote for JD(U) in elections, Lalan Singh’s remark sparks political row in Bihar
4 weeks ago

Muslims don’t vote for JD(U) in elections, Lalan Singh’s remark sparks political row in Bihar

New Indian Express  

PATNA: Senior JD leader and Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh, alias Lalan Singh, has stirred a political controversy with his remark that Muslims do not vote for his party in elections. While addressing a JD workers’ meeting in Muzaffarpur, North Bihar, Singh, a former national president of the party, argued that Muslims have not voted for JD despite the developmental …

Tejashwi dares Nitish to clear stand on quota
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Tejashwi dares Nitish to clear stand on quota

New Indian Express  

PATNA: RJD leader and former Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Sunday challenged Janata Dal leaders to clarify their stance on inclusion of reservation in the 9th Schedule of the Constitution. Addressing workers of the party while taking part in day-long sit-in agitation, Tejashwi said that Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s JD should tell people whether they are …

If RJD comes to power in Bihar, they will divert all reservations to Muslims: Vinod Tawde
5 months ago

If RJD comes to power in Bihar, they will divert all reservations to Muslims: Vinod Tawde

The Hindu  

BJP national general secretary Vinod Tawde on Thursday, July 18, alleged that if the RJD is voted back to power in Bihar, they might “redirect” the reservations meant for backward classes to members of the Muslim community. ‘Global campaign’ He further added that people must also be informed of the “false campaign” during the recently-concluded Lok Sabha polls which spread …

Modi govt is weak, can fall by August: RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Modi govt is weak, can fall by August: RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav

Deccan Chronicle  

Patna : Former Bihar Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Friday claimed that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre, which came to power last month, could fall by August and elections can happen anytime. Modi's government in Delhi is very weak and it can fall by August and and …

Lack of Muslim representation in Modi cabinet does not mean marginalisation
6 months, 1 week ago

Lack of Muslim representation in Modi cabinet does not mean marginalisation

Op India  

On Sunday, 9th June, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took oath for the third consecutive term and became the second ever Prime Minister to do so after India’s first PM Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Congress supporter Dhivya Marunthiah posted, “293 MPs 72 Ministers ZERO Muslims Sums up NDA.” Source: X Rajdeep Sardesai, who is a Journalist and husband of Trinamool Congress’s journalist-turned-Rajya …

Modi loses ground in India’s parliament, but his Hindu nationalist policies are here to stay
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Modi loses ground in India’s parliament, but his Hindu nationalist policies are here to stay

LA Times  

Muslims protest outside Srinagar in Kashmir in 2019, when India’s Hindu nationalist government stripped the Muslim-majority region of its semiautonomous status. That decision now seems to be irreversible, with India’s top court upholding the move, ruling in December that the region’s special status had been a “temporary provision.” The Supreme Court said the government had promised to restore Jammu-Kashmir’s statehood …

Lok Sabha polls 2024: Modi attacks Opposition in Bihar, reiterates reservation remark
7 months, 1 week ago

Lok Sabha polls 2024: Modi attacks Opposition in Bihar, reiterates reservation remark

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking at a rally in Bihar's Hajipur Lok Sabha constituency on Monday, said that his government would keep fighting corruption in the country despite the opposition's accusations of central agencies being misused by the Centre. The common people are my waaris.” Attacking Opposition parties in Bihar, he said that when parties like Congress and Rashtriya Janata …

PM Modi's dig at Lalu in Bihar: 'One convicted in fodder scam advocating complete Muslim reservation' | VIDEO
7 months, 1 week ago

PM Modi's dig at Lalu in Bihar: 'One convicted in fodder scam advocating complete Muslim reservation' | VIDEO

India TV News  

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday addressed an election rally in Bihar's Hajipur and attacked the Opposition. PM Modi said that those who vote for RJD and Congress or the Opposition alliance, their "vote is sure to be wasted". PM attacks Lalu Yadav over 'complete Muslim reservation' remark The Prime Minister hit out at RJD chief …

AP CM Jagan makes big statment, says 4% Muslim reservation will remain
7 months, 2 weeks ago

AP CM Jagan makes big statment, says 4% Muslim reservation will remain

Deccan Chronicle  

Kurnool: Amid the ongoing debate between BJP and the Opposition leaders about the reservation and minority quota, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said 4 per cent of Muslim reservations will remain and that is YSR Congress Party's final word on it. Addressing a public gathering in Kurnool, the CM said, "On one hand, Chandrababu Naidu continues to …

Lalu’s quota remark heats up poll pitch as Modi leads attack
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Lalu’s quota remark heats up poll pitch as Modi leads attack

Hindustan Times  

Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad on Tuesday said he is in favour of providing reservation “in full” to Muslims, prompting Prime Minister Narendra Modi to launch an attack on the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance over what the latter said was a “deeper conspiracy” to snatch quotas of the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes. Lalu’s quota …

Lalu Prasad clarifies Muslim reservation remark: ‘Based on backwardness, not religion’
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Lalu Prasad clarifies Muslim reservation remark: ‘Based on backwardness, not religion’

Hindustan Times  

Former Bihar chief minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav rebuffed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's allegations that the INDIA bloc aimed to shift reservation from backward communities to Muslims and asserted that quota in jobs and education is granted based on social backwardness, not religion. Earlier in the day, PM Modi attacked Lalu Prasad after the RJD leader …

INDIA bloc will give quota to Muslims by changing Constitution: BJP over Lalu Prasad's remarks
7 months, 2 weeks ago

INDIA bloc will give quota to Muslims by changing Constitution: BJP over Lalu Prasad's remarks

The Hindu  

Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad's remarks on Muslim quota have made it clear that if voted to power, the INDIA bloc will provide reservation to the minority community by making changes in the Constitution's fundamental structure, the Bharatiya Janata Party d charged on May 7. This makes it clear that they want to provide reservation to Muslims from the …

Lalu says Muslims should get reservation ‘in full’, Modi says ‘snatching quota’
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Lalu says Muslims should get reservation ‘in full’, Modi says ‘snatching quota’

Hindustan Times  

Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Tuesday said Muslims should get reservation “in full”, evoking a sharp reaction from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who asserted that it only means INDIA bloc wants to “snatch” quota of scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and other backward classes for giving it to Muslims. Lau said “Muslims should get reservation in full” when …

Modi and Lalu Prasad spar over the issue of reservations for Muslims
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Modi and Lalu Prasad spar over the issue of reservations for Muslims

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad on Tuesday sparred over the issue of reservations for Muslims, with Mr. Modi accusing the Opposition of being unable to look “beyond appeasement” after Mr. Prasad had supported the idea of reservation for Muslims. Hours later, Mr. Prasad clarified that he was in favour of extending reservation benefits to …

Muslim quota will be removed if BJP is elected to power in Telangana, reiterates Amit Shah
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Muslim quota will be removed if BJP is elected to power in Telangana, reiterates Amit Shah

The Hindu  

Union Minister for Home Amit Shah, on Sunday, reiterated that the Bharatiya Janata Party will remove reservations for Muslims and share it with SC/ST and BCs in Telangana after it comes to power here. As long Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP are there, there is no question of abolishing reservations for marginalised sections,” he asserted at a public meeting …

'Rahul Gandhi struck a deal in Wayanad to give Muslims...': PM Modi on appeasement politics
7 months, 3 weeks ago

'Rahul Gandhi struck a deal in Wayanad to give Muslims...': PM Modi on appeasement politics

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has slammed the Congress party for dividing the society in the name of caste and uniting its vote bank through appeasement, saying that Rahul Gandhi has struck a deal in Kerala's Wayanad to give Muslims reservations if he is voted as an MP. Follow Elections 2024 LIVE Updates PM Modi also hit out at the Congress …

No reservation based on religion to Muslims as long as I am alive: PM Narendra Modi
7 months, 3 weeks ago

No reservation based on religion to Muslims as long as I am alive: PM Narendra Modi

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that he will not allow reservations for Muslims based on religion and at the cost of Scheduled Caste, Schedule Tribe and Other Backward Classes. Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a public meeting for Lok Sabha elections, in Zaheerabad, Telangana on April 30, 2024. In his speech, he also took a veiled attack on …

Congress amended Constitution many times in the past, says BJP MP Brij Lal
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress amended Constitution many times in the past, says BJP MP Brij Lal

The Hindu  

BJP Rajya Sabha MP Brij Lal on Monday accused the Congress and its allies of attempting to change the Constitution with an aim to giving reservation on religious grounds to Muslims. Hailing from the Scheduled Castes, Mr. Lal said the Congress had amended the Constitution multiple times in the past and even suspended its provisions to impose the Emergency in …

Why did PM Modi take 'wealth to Muslims' jibe at Congress? The answer lies in Congress party's past actions
8 months ago

Why did PM Modi take 'wealth to Muslims' jibe at Congress? The answer lies in Congress party's past actions

India TV News  

New Delhi: Prime Narendra Modi's statement at the Banswara rally in Rajasthan on Sunday created a political storm ahead of the second phase of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 with allegations and counter-allegations galore from all quarters. The Andhra Pradesh government of the Congress tried to implement Muslim reservation four times between the period of 2004 and 2010 but failed …

Revanth Vows to Protect Muslim Quota
9 months, 1 week ago

Revanth Vows to Protect Muslim Quota

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Friday said the Congress government is committed to continue four per cent reservations to the Muslim community in the state in education and employment. Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi cannot abolish four per cent reservation to Muslims,” Revanth Reddy said, while addressing the Muslim community at LB Stadium on Friday on …

JDU suspects BJP's involvement in PIL challenging Bihar quota hike
1 year ago

JDU suspects BJP's involvement in PIL challenging Bihar quota hike

India TV News  

JD president Rajiv Ranjan Singh, known as "Lalan," has voiced suspicions of BJP involvement in a Public Interest Litigation challenging the recent increase in quotas for socially deprived castes in Bihar. Lalan accused the BJP of being anti-reservation and cited past instances where the party allegedly attempted to challenge quotas for extremely backward classes and hinder caste surveys ordered by …

Unlike BJP, Nehru would unfurl Tricolour in Srinagar without security cover: Mehbooba Mufti
1 year, 4 months ago

Unlike BJP, Nehru would unfurl Tricolour in Srinagar without security cover: Mehbooba Mufti

The Hindu  

Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on July 31, 2023 said the achievement of the current dispensation can be gauged from the fact that former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru would unfurl the Tricolour in Srinagar without any security cover in 1949 but this regime needs elaborate security arrangements for it. Elaborating on the ideology of party founder Mufti Muhammad Sayeed, …

Rahul's latest attack on Modi govt: 'What is happening to Muslims in India today, happened to Dalits in 1980s'
1 year, 6 months ago

Rahul's latest attack on Modi govt: 'What is happening to Muslims in India today, happened to Dalits in 1980s'

India TV News  

Mohabbat Ki Dukaan' event: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has once again targeted the Modi government for allegedly promoting atrocities against the minority community in India and added that the current situation is similar to the 1980s when the Dalits were targetted in Uttar Pradesh. "What is happening to Muslims in India today, happened to Dalits in the 1980s", Gandhi said, …

Amit Shah defends scrapping 4% reservation for Muslims in Karnataka
1 year, 7 months ago

Amit Shah defends scrapping 4% reservation for Muslims in Karnataka

The Hindu  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on April 25 defended the BJP Government’s decision in Karnataka of scrapping 4% quota for Muslims saying the party never believed in ‘religion-based reservation.’ The former BJP chief also took a dig at the Congress for its stand that the quota would be restored if it is voted to power in the State after the …

DC Edit | Scrap religion-based quotas; it's time to rethink all others
1 year, 8 months ago

DC Edit | Scrap religion-based quotas; it's time to rethink all others

Deccan Chronicle  

The Bharatiya Janata Party government in Karnataka has taken a decision to end the quota of four per cent for Muslims in the state, just ahead of an announcement of the schedule of polls for the next Assembly from the Election Commission of India. The BJP in the state added further nuance saying that it was not ending any quota …

Lalu gives call to protect minorities: ‘We keep saying Hindu, Hindu, Hindu…but’
1 year, 9 months ago

Lalu gives call to protect minorities: ‘We keep saying Hindu, Hindu, Hindu…but’

Hindustan Times  

RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav on Saturday addressed a mega rally in Purnia via video conferencing where he gave the call to protect the rights of religious minorities. Lalu Yadav, who recently returned to India after a successful kidney transplant surgery in Singapore last December, said that he won't let succeed those who are trying to marginalise minorities. The political …

Nitish expresses displeasure over JD(U) leader’s demand for Muslim quota in army
1 year, 10 months ago

Nitish expresses displeasure over JD(U) leader’s demand for Muslim quota in army

Hindustan Times  

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday expressed displeasure over his Janata Dal or JD leader Gulam Rasool Balyawi’s demand for 30% reservation for Muslims in the army. When Pakistan made missiles and terrorised India, it was a son of a Muslim APJ Abdul Kalam who gave a befitting reply.” The JD earlier distanced itself from Balyawi’s comments. The party …

BJP\'s journey from 2 to 303 seats will start reversing from 2024: RJD
2 years, 2 months ago

BJP\'s journey from 2 to 303 seats will start reversing from 2024: RJD

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: The RJD on Sunday said the Opposition has started to come together in several parts of the country and the BJP's journey from two to 303 seats will start reversing from 2024 as a collective alternative would trump the "self-centred" politics of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rule. The assertion was made by the party after a meeting of …

PM Modi tells BJP to reach out to the deprived among Muslims, other minorities
2 years, 5 months ago

PM Modi tells BJP to reach out to the deprived among Muslims, other minorities

The Hindu  

Reaching out to deprived, non-elite among Muslims and other minorities on the issues of development and welfare programmes of the Modi government was one of the things flagged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the National Executive meet of the BJP in Hyderabad. According to senior sources present at the meeting, Mr. Modi made this intervention when BJP Uttar Pradesh …

Exclusive | PM Modi Will be Ousted in 2024, Says RJD President Lalu Prasad Yadav
3 years, 1 month ago

Exclusive | PM Modi Will be Ousted in 2024, Says RJD President Lalu Prasad Yadav

The Quint  

Lalu termed the recent unrest in Tripura as pure mischief. Lalu Yadav said that the government is giving everything to private companies; whatever those people ask for, the government auctions it. Lalu expressed happiness on returning to Patna after three and a half years and said it seems like he is home. Holding an election rally after six years, Lalu …

Lalu calls for ‘boycott’ of BJP’s OBC Ministers and MPs
3 years, 2 months ago

Lalu calls for ‘boycott’ of BJP’s OBC Ministers and MPs

The Hindu  

A day after the Union government informed the Supreme Court that a caste-based Census is not feasible, ailing Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Friday called for a boycott of Bharatiya Janata Party Ministers and MPs belonging to Other Backward Classes and Extremely Backward Classes. Mr. Lalu Yadav tweeted in Hindi: “BJP/RSS are deceiving Backward/ Extremely Backward Class …

Former RJD MP Sitaram Joins BJP in Bihar as Saffron Party Moves to Expand Reach in Yadav Community
3 years, 10 months ago

Former RJD MP Sitaram Joins BJP in Bihar as Saffron Party Moves to Expand Reach in Yadav Community

News 18  

Former Sitamarhi MP Sitaram Yadav, who belonged to the Rashtriya Janata Dal joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday. Over a dozen Yadav leaders from different opposition parties also joined the saffron party in the presence of Bihar party chief Bhupendra Yadav and state BJP president Sanjay Jaiswal, the Indian Express has reported. A BJP leader told the Indian Express …

Asaduddin Owaisi: ‘It is not Muslims’ responsibility to keep these parties afloat’
4 years, 1 month ago

Asaduddin Owaisi: ‘It is not Muslims’ responsibility to keep these parties afloat’

The Hindu  

Controversy never seems to leave Asaduddin Owaisi, the articulate leader of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen. For instance, in the recent Assembly election in Bihar, the AIMIM won an unprecedented five seats Yet, Owaisi has been accused of splitting the secular vote to the disadvantage of the Mahagathbandhan headed by the Rashtriya Janata Dal. It has even been implied that …

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